a little help with translation

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Hi.

I’m trying to translate Opensuse in my language ( because all team members are inactive, I have to do it myself without any guides).

I’m not sure how to deal with multiline messages like this:


<p>this is a multiline message 

this message is too long

so, we have to break it into smaller lines.</p>

so, if each line gets too short or too long, maybe that line does not fit correctly in the dialog boxes (am I correct?)
is there any guideline for how to translate multiline messages? (e.g. how many words should I put in each line to avoid visual problems?)

Thanks!

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Hi, I think you’d find better chances for support on the mailing lists. Send an email to opensuse-translation+subscribe@opensuse.org and post your question on the list.

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I think think you’re referring to Markdown with that "
" – Which is a popular alternative to HTML writing web page code.

Depending on what app you’re trying to translate, there may be an effort to translate already, there may already be an effort
The translation mailing list
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-translation/

There are also many people mentioned in various places in the following page which lists many projects using Weblate

If you’re translating a web page, Individuals can paste page content or a URL into

I also show how you can embed a free Google Translate widget into a web page(It’s very old but the technology and methods are current)
http://putztzu.github.io/opensuse_translate/

HTH,
TSU